Improvement in cidee-mills



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IMPROVEMENT IN DIDIER-MILLS.

TO ALL WHOM I'l MAY COCERN:

' .Be it knon'n that I, LEVI WILSON, ofSpringtield, in the county of Clark, and Statc'of Ohio, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Cider-Mills and Presses v; and I do herebydcclare that the `Vfollowing is-a full, clear, and exact description of the saine, reference being had to the annexed drawings, making' part of this specification, in which- Figure 1 is a perspective view.

Figure 2 is a side elevation.

'Figure 3 is a' vertical longitudinal section.

. Figure 4 is a. perspective view of the slatted press-heads.

In the several figures 'the same letters are employed in the Vindication of identical parts.

'. My invention consists in constructingal mill for grinding fruit with two sets of grindingapparatus, so connected with the driving mechanism that they may be driven at the same time, or separately, as desired. Also in the arrangement of a sliding floor under the hoppers and over the presses in such manner that the pomacc may be supplied to the presses as desired. Also in constructing the press-heads with slatted prismatic heads working against similarly constructed beds. Also in so arranging the press-heads that they may be advanced and'retracted alternately by attaching them to opposite ends of the saine screw driven from the middle. Also in the arrangeuient ofthe gearing by which a reciprocating motion is given to the screw and press-heads. Also'in driving. the said screw by the same power thatdrives the n lill, 'by placing .the connecting shaft and the mill on a slidingr franie. placed on the frame of the press. `Also in arranging, in combination with the press, fallingfdoorsfw the convenient removal of the pomace. y To enable others* skilled in the artA to construct 'and operate my improved mill Aund pressgI vlll y morevl` par.

tic'ularly describethe same. l l "f l The power is communicated through the /ertcal shaft A, on which is placed the bevel-Wheel B, with its d face down, which drives the bevelled piniong placedupona horizontal shaft, the bearings of which are respect'l `ively on the frame and onthe brace H attached to the frame. The spurfwh'eel D on the same shaft drives the l pi-nicns and E on the shafts of "the toothed rollers G, which run in the hopper, grinding the fruit. These rollers maybe fitted in any usual and convenient way for doing their4 work. -I have represented a sot of spirally arranged teeth; hut other forms may be used in forming the grinding apparatus. The shafts of the rollers projectfbeyond the pinions at least the Width of the hub of the same, and the" pinions slide in and out of gear on the shaftiwith which they are `connected when in gear by a projection on the shaft fitting into a slot in the hub.` The pinions are slid on to the shaft by the bent rods F and F, formed with a yoke in theV end, embracing a grooved collaron the sleeve ofthe pinion. The pomace, when ground, falls from the hopper I upon an inclined board, I', by which it is either directed intothe pressmhamber, or delivered upon the sliding-board Ivi,

' which lies over the press-chambers, and 'being less in length than the entire frame by the depth of one of th-cse (chambers, always should cover' one or the other, being moved from end to end by the pin K passing through a 'slot in the frame. The vertical shaft passes through a longitudinal opening in' the iniddle of the hoard K. i There are two spaces, which I have spokenlof as press-chambers, formed at each end of thc press-frame by the space hetw'eon'the press-heads L and ,the beds L. TheV heads L nre prismatic in form, presenting a series of wedge-formed faces, mat-ching into corresponding faces inthe beds. v Both of said parts are formed of slats laid close enough together to'p'ermt thc juice tel How between them, hut not wide enough apart 'to permit; the pomace to pass. The press-heads are respectively attached to the ends of the-screw M, by which they are alternately advanced and retracted, byreversinfg the motion of the screw derived from-the female screw cut en the inside of' the' sleeve N. The/,sleeveN is revolvedby the action of two 'bevel-Wheels, setting face to face, attached to the opposite ends thereof#- These bevel-wheels are alternately driven by the bevel-pinion O on the end ofthe shaft il. The space between the wheels N `rnuslbe a litt-lc 'more than the entire diameter of the pinion O, so that it may he 'placed intermodiatcly soV as not to touch either. The screw M .'docs not connect v Vdltcectly into the heads, but into an intermediate slidingramcg M', againstl the ends of which the heads are ,connected by the springs P, which give an'elasticity tcthe action'of the heads, required, in the first place, to diminish liabiity to breakage, and secondly, to give-a continued pressure to the pomace after the action of the' screw has been stopped. The backs'ol thehixbs of the wheels N rest again-st the braces R, which are strongly attached. to the main frame, and prevent any lateral motion to the *sleeve N. The pinion O is thrown into or out'of gear with cach of the wheels N bymoving the frame of the grinding-mill lengthwise upon the frame of the press, carrying with it the shaft A and all other parts of the mill. This movement is effected by the lever S, pivoted on the lower frame. The doors Q form the bottom o' .the press-chambers. They are groovod to receiveand eoncentrete the expressed juice, und hinged so that they may be dropped to withdraw thc pomece after being pressed. Y .Y l

What I claim as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, ifi- 1. -In combination with a mill for grinding-fruit, und a press placed below the same, I elaimthe intermediste sliding-board K, arranged to operate independently of the motion of the press, and substantially as set forth.

2. The mill for grinding fruit, and n. press forthe same, when the two are built with separate frames., and the mill placed over the press in such manner that the mill-frame and mechanism may be moved on the pressframeconnecting or disconnecting the mechanism of-the mill and that of the press, substantially in the manner set forth.

`3. The arrangement -oi' the adjustable shaft A, bevel-pinion O, wheels N', sleeve N, screw'M, and pressheads L, substantially as set forth.- l

4. The heads L and beds L' of thevpress, when respectively constructed with correspondingly inclined faces andwith open slats in each, through which the juice may freely flow with the action of the press, substantially as set forth.

5. The combination 'of the screw M, intermediate sliding-frame M', springs P, and press-heads L, arranged to operate substantially inthe manner and for the purpose set forth.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in the 'presence of two subscribing witnesses.

LEVI WILSON.

Witnesses JAMES TAYLOR, A. K. Roors. 

